I mean these sconces made out of ivy are completely unique and stylish too. Isn't that the point of the show. Design a room using the items from the specific challenge (this time flowers) and still make it look good.

In our bedroom remodel, we moved the one dresser out of the room and kept the tall dresser. It looked like it needed something once we moved it to its new location. So I thought an Ikea hack was in order. We bought 2 Billy bookcases to flank the dresser.

We cut a 1x12 into 3 pieces and stained them black to match the Billy's. Then attached them to the sides of each Billy giving it a built-in look.

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(Sorry about the photos. You'd think since I was a photographer, I would take better pictures. I need a wide angle lens to be able to fit the whole thing in really. Oh well!)

I added all of our Asian accessories that we have collected over the years. The new items were the red fu dogs from target and an iPhone alarm clock that my fantastic hubby bought for my birthday at the beginning of the month.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Here is our home. My husband purchased this house before we met. It had belonged to his sister. When she moved out, he moved in.

My husband has great taste obviously (because he likes me). But he had only focused on one room in the house, the bedroom. I was surprisingly very happy with what he did to the room. It just needed a little tweaking. So a few months ago we decided to do the tweaking. We took out the stained beige carpet and replaced it with a laminate floor in a medium brown wood. We also took out the closet in order to rearrange the furniture to make space for additional closet space. My clothes, sadly, were in another room in the house. The bedroom is about 90 percent done and I will do a bedroom reveal as soon as it is complete.

The rest of the house was left the way my sister-in-law had left it. She is more traditional than I am in her decorating. My style is very modern baroque (hence the name of the blog). So I wanted to make a lot of changes.

It has been a slow process, but most rooms have been at least started. We have yet to touch the kitchen, bathroom and basement. All of these rooms are on the list of upcoming projects.

I have before pictures of all of these rooms. I will post them with each room reveal.

By the way, the outside of the house hasn't been touched either. We have made a few landscaping changes in the yard. But other than that, the outside of the house needs major work. Sorry to subject you to the horrible picture of our house.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

So after some contemplation, I have decided to start a design blog. A vehicle to get my design projects out there for the world to see. I am both scared and excited at the same time. I am very passionate (or obsessed as my husband would say) about interior design.

I will show projects that we already completed plus new projects that are in the works. I will show room reveals as well as design plans that my family has asked help with.